Hiram Gregory Berry

Hiram Gregory Berry (27 August 1824-2 May 1863) was a Major-General of the US Army during the American Civil War and the commander of the 4th Maine in the Army of the Potomac.

Biography
Hiram G. Berry was born in East Thomaston, Maine in 1824, and he served several terms in the state legislature before being elected Mayor of Rockland. When the American Civil War broke out in 1861, Berry recruited a regiment for the US Army, and he served under Oliver Otis Howard at Bull Run; he was promoted to Brigadier-General in March 1862. Berry took command of the 3rd Brigade, and he was promoted to Major-General on 29 November 1862 after fighting in the Peninsula Campaign. On 3 May 1863, while leading the 2nd Division of III Corps at the Battle of Chancellorsville, he was killed by a Confederate sharpshooter.